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=__The 6th Amendment__= = = The 6th amendment protects people's rights in court. The amendment gives people rights such as: people accused of crimes have certain rights, such as a fast trial, a public trial, have witnesses, the reason he/she was accused, what he/she was accused of, the right to a lawyer, and right to a impartial (or incomplete) jury. that they found out from you talking before they read you your rights.
 * Question:** When was the amendment created?
 * Answer:** It was created in 1788 and was passed as one of the amendments in the Bill of Rights in 1789.[[image:Judge_at_desk.gif]]
 * Question:** Why a speedy trial?
 * Answer:** It was created to have a speedy trial because it would be more fair to the defendent. It alows them to have an early trial after being accused. This makes the defendanet not have to wait in jail for a long period of time before their trial begins.
 * Question:** Why was the amendment created?
 * Answer:** Every person has the same rights as when being accused and persecuted of a crime. Some rights that are given are the right to a speedy and public trial, the right to a lawyer, and the right to know what they are being accused of.
 * Question:** What issues and problems did it apply to?
 * Answer:** It applied to anyone being accused to a crime and the natural rights you have in court.[[image:court_pic_2.jpg width="484" height="410"]]
 * Question:** What creates this issue/problem?
 * Answer:** This issue is created by people who do not wish to be treated differently because of what people think of them being accused. People want the same rights whether they are guilty or not
 * Question** Why was the amendment created?
 * Answer** The 6th amendment was created because the U.S. Court System, most trials were cruel, strange and/or whoever accused the other person (the persecutor), usually won the trial. Most older trials were either two people fighting and whoever won the fight won the case. Also, the defendant might have to go through life threatening situations, such as having to walk across a burning pile of wood, or being thrown into a river with your hands and feet tied together with rope. If you somehow survived the hardship you won the case. If you died, you lost. So the sixth amendment was created to make a fair court system.
 * Question** What was going on in the country at the time it was made?
 * Answer** People were afraid of having a unfair and unjust court system. The 6th amendment was to make sure the court system was just and fair
 * Question:**If the police do not read you your rights do you still have to go to court?
 * Answer:** Yes, you still have to go to court, but they just can't use any of the information in court
 * Qusrtion:** Who created the 6th amendment?
 * Answer:** James Madison

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Here is a video of a violation of the 6th amendment http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/11/23/intv.tasered.speeder.speaks.cnn =Rights under the 6th amendment= Views on 6th Amendment rights. =Violations of the 6th amendment= If a person is not told of what they are being accused or cherged of If a person is not told that their actions or statements can be used against them in the court of law The state can not question an accused person in a private room. There must be public witnesses
 * Right to a speedy trial
 * Right to know what he/she is accused of
 * Right to attorny. If the person can't afford one the state will get them one
 * Right to remain silent for anything you say can and will be used in the court of law
 * Right to a public trial
 * Right to witnesses
 * __If there are any violations of the 6th law than the charges/ accusations could be dropped against that person__**
 * __Some violations are:__**

__Current Events__
[|www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/20071229] In this article former baseball player Jim Leyritz was charged with manslaughter while under the influence in Florida. He was coming ran a red light and hit a wowen and it killed her. Jim Leyritz trial is schedueled to take place in Florida just as the 6th amendment states. Jim was refusing to take blood for the medics. This could be used against him in the curt of law. Jim faces up to 15 years in prison. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/06/washington/06scotus.html?pagewanted=print This currtent event states that a man was accused of killing a government informant,but the supreme court says that the person accused of the crime's lawyer did not protect the accused and persecut man's rights under the sixth amendment. the man was only to receive a life sentence if he pled guilty, but his lawyer gave him the bad advice to go to court, where he became sentenced to death. The Supreme Court says the lawyer's advice was "bad". My opinion is the lawyer must have had some prejuduce against the defendant to make such bad advice. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/05/sports/baseball/05rhoden.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin&amp;pagewanted=print In this article is about Roger Clemens and how he is being accused of taking steroids but before they can convict him he has the right todefend himself infront of the grand jury with his laywer against George Mitchell and the mlb if he is accused guilty he can be suspended from baseball for up to a year and if he lies to the grand jury and he gets convicted he can go to jail.